BNY Mellon prices $500 million debt offering via diverse bookrunners

Reuters

Published May 18, 2023 08:17AM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE:BK) Corporation priced a $500 million debt offering that was underwritten by minority, veteran- and woman-owned investment firms, the bank said in a statement on Thursday.

The offering of senior medium-term bank notes -- typically handled by the world's largest lenders -- will be led entirely by diverse bookrunners. That is a first for BNY Mellon and for any global systemically important bank, the company said.

"We are proud of this step toward advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in capital markets,” BNY Mellon CEO Robin Vince said in a statement.

The offering is expected to close on May 24.